Past tense of maintain

Forms of maintain

Maintained in a sentence

• Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
• He maintained that the Bill gave Mayors "much enhanced power" and preserved the existing processes by which rail services can be devolved.2026 March 18, Peter Plisner, “Will devolution deliver real local control?”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 47
• Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.From the entry dialogue
• One way of fighting spam is to use a blackhole list maintained on a blackhole server.From the entry black hole
• After all that work on a stupidly maintained spreadsheet, I am really thirsty.From the entry thirsty

Meaning of maintain

1. verb To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
2. verb To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
3. verb To keep in good condition and working order.

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Questions about the past tense of maintain

What is the past tense of maintain?

The past tense of maintain is maintained.

What is the past participle of maintain?

The past participle of maintain is maintained.

Is maintain a regular or irregular verb?

Maintain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.